Interview w/ Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green MP

For the past 10 years, consecutive governments have certainly not
made life any easier for young people.  From the hike in
tuition costs and removal of maintenance grants to the funding
cuts for schools and rising class numbers, the list goes on.
However, in recent months, the government has been so clearly
ineffective and incompetent in their inability to provide the
basic support that school children, students and the whole
education sector deserves throughout this crisis.

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Kate Green, MP for
Stretford and Urmston and Shadow Secretary of State for
Education, to discuss the ways which consecutive governments have
failed young people and the education sector, as well as
throughout the pandemic and what the Labour Party's vision for
education reform looks like.

We also talked about Kate's work in tackling child poverty and
social and educational inequalities prior to becoming an MP, as
well as her experience within the Fabian Society, of which she is
a member of the Executive Committee and former Chair!


Speakers:
Kate Green MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
https://twitter.com/KateGreenSU
Louie Marlow - Content Producer at Young Fabians
https://twitter.com/louiemarlow

This event was recorded on Wednesday 7th October.

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